Petrobras' Energy Sector Outlook
POWER PLANTS
Brazilian energy market - overview
National energy by generation type
Total installed capacity: 127 GW (July 2012)
98% of total consumption is in the interconnected area
ISOLATED AREA
D
Macapa
Acre
All hydro power
plants are
centralized and
INTERCONNECTED
Belém AREA
S.Luis
Fortaleza
MANAUS
Natal
Teresina
Tocantins
J. Pessoa
Parnaíba
Rondônia
Cuiabá
BRASILIA
Goiânia
Paranaíba
C.Grande GRANDE
Paraná Tietê
RECIFE
Maceió
S.Francisco Aracajú
Belo
Salvador
Horizonte
Vitória
operated in an
integrated way, to
take advantage of
the hydrological
diversity of
reservoirs.
ITAIP
Paraiba
do Sut
Paranapanema
Rio de Janeiro
Iguaçu
Argentina Uruguai
SÃO PAULO
Curitiba
Florianópolis
Jacu
Porto Alegre
6,4% 1,3%
10,5%
5,8%
1,5%
Gas
7,6%
■ Coal
1,6%
Biomass
Nuclear
■ Hydro
Oil
65,3%
Generation :
Transmission:
Distribution:
Imported
Wind
85% State-owned
15% Private sector
26 companies (15 private)
64 companies (80% private)
The majority of potential locations suitable for large hydropower plants are located in the Amazon region, far from the
consumer centers. Environmental issues could avoid the full development of the existing hydropower potential in that
region.
Thermal power generation is the only source capable to provide reliability to the interconnected grid.
Note: Most of Wärtsilä power plants located in the interconnected area have been used as stand-by capacity for the renewable plants
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